The Sustainable Development Goals have been embraced in American boardrooms, city halls, and classrooms as a shared understanding of what it means to build a resilient future where no one is left behind.
On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the Center for Sustainable Development at the Brookings Institution and the United Nations Foundation will convene U.S. leaders from across sectors to discuss how they are using the Sustainable Development Goals to advance progress and build collaboration at home and around the world.
A high-level event focused on the Generation Equality Forum’s Technology & Innovation Action Coalition, this event will showcase how the Action Coalition can bring together a wide variety of stakeholders to work towards a common goal and strengthen the foundations of global digital cooperation and gender equality.
With the aim to catalyze collaborations to advance the SDGs, this UNGA side event will highlight leading Africa-focused innovators from both sides of the Atlantic.
This year’s event will feature a vibrant discussion about the opportunities to do business and create impact between New York and African markets. It will also feature breakout sessions in emerging technology, remote work, sustainable fashion, startup investment, and health innovation.
Impact State of Mind is a three-day UNGA side event at the intersection of Climate Action and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Climate Change is the greatest challenge of our generation, but it’s not the only one! We are organizing this event because we believe we have a responsibility to help advance efforts to combat climate while also taking into account the many other urgent issues that demand our attention now.
Impact State of Mind brings together local and global innovators to explore various intersections through co-creation, fire-side chats, panels, and networking. Our partners bring together a mix of sessions that leverage their deep and authentic experiences, while engaging audiences to magnify impact.
CulinaryAction! On the Road! is a food-tech and gastronomy innovation event that includes a roundtable with leaders in the innovation space, a pitch competition, food, drinks, and networking.
This discussion, co-hosted by the World Benchmarking Alliance and the Governments of Mexico and The Netherlands, will consider how strengthened corporate accountability could empower governments and intergovernmental organisations to effectively involve the world’s most influential companies in implementing the 2030 Agenda and hold them to account on their commitments and progress.
Measuring and evaluating business impact is a critical part of the successful delivery of 2030 Agenda. However, the world currently lacks a mechanism to hold its most influential companies accountable for their impact. This workshop with multi-stakeholder participants will look at how we can collectively embed business accountability into the UN’s core working principles and turn narrative into commitments.
The 7IMDC is building on the momentum of past IMDCs by bringing together governments, industry, academia, civil society, and all relevant stakeholders, to discuss the latest science, strengthen collaborations, find solutions and catalyze action to address the urgent, global problem of marine litter and plastic pollution.
Goals House will be at UNGA 77, bringing together a community of internationally renowned activists, thinkers, political figures and business leaders that convene at global moments, united in the drive to achieve the UN SDGs.
Among the topics that will be discussed are achieving net-zero; the impact of the pandemic on education and healthcare; a sustainable fashion industry; modern slavery; circular cities; climate tech; and the role the private sector has to play in achieving the SDGs.
Join us for a conversation on opportunities to advance equality through innovative education reforms with Nadiem Anwar Makarim, Minister of Education, Indonesia. This conversation will be moderated by Dana Burde, Director of the International Education Program at the NYU Steinhardt School.
This discussion will present the key aspects of Indonesia’s ambitious plan for educational reform; explore the opportunities and challenges of transforming education systems; reflect on the role of education reform in facing the hardships brought by the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath, including the digital divide and regional inequalities; and learn from Indonesia’s experience in promoting innovation to deliver change and improve livelihoods.
The G17 Bhutan Ambassadors of Sherubtse College will conduct an SDG booth to #FlipTheScript, creating awareness and compelling people to pledge solidarity for a sustainable future.
Each ambassador will create a painting or picture with a strong theme relevant to their goals. They will then present their creations to the university students and faculties.
The G17 Sri Lanka Ambassadors of NSBM Green University will conduct an SDG booth to create awareness and compel people to pledge solidarity for a sustainable future. Stunt boards will be used to #FlipTheScript from negativity to positivity, demonstrating that positive change is possible!
The G17 Sri Lanka Ambassadors of Sabaragamuwa University will conduct an SDG booth to create awareness and compel people to pledge solidarity for a sustainable future. Stunt boards will be used to #FlipTheScript from negativity to a positivity, demonstrating that positive change is possible! Illustrious speakers will also address the celebration.
Under the leadership of the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Amina J. Mohammed, the inaugural Global Africa Business Initiative is designed to place Africa in its proper spot on the world stage, bringing to focus a roadmap for Africa that is sustainable, inclusive, just, and managed by Africans for Africans. The conference will take place during the United Nations General Assembly week from 18-19 September 2022. There will be robust dives on how Africa offers a powerful business ecosystem when activated brings prosperity to all Africans and citizens of the world.
In the aftermath of the global pandemic, communities around the world still face hardships in their road to recovery–and women have been particularly hard hit. Now more than ever, innovation and collaboration is needed across partners, organizations and governments to support SDG 5 and SDG 8, to accelerate recovery and growth for women, their families, communities and the economy. Join us for a discussion on how business leaders, entrepreneurs, gender equality and sustainability practitioners from around the world are leveraging new technologies, strategies, and programs for SDG 5 and SDG 8.
This side event, hosted by the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, will launch the Data Values Campaign, a global campaign centered around a manifesto for change that sparks dialogue, builds a movement, and catalyzes action to unlock a fairer data future for all. The campaign will be a movement that brings together diverse and often underrepresented perspectives, stories, and expertise on issues around data and power. The event will frame the need to critically examine the ways that power is distributed in the production, sharing, and use of data, and in how data use and governance can challenge or exacerbate existing power imbalances.
The G17 Sri Lanka Ambassadors of Wayamba University will conduct an SDG booth to create awareness and compel people to pledge solidarity for a sustainable future. Stunt boards will be used to #FlipTheScript from negativity to a positivity, demonstrating that positive change is possible!
The G17 Sri Lanka Ambassadors of Uva Wellassa University will conduct an SDG booth to create awareness and connect people to create awareness and compel people to pledge solidarity for a sustainable future. Stunt boards will be used to #FlipTheScript from negativity to a positivity, demonstrating that positive change is possible!
The G17 Sri Lanka Ambassadors of the University of Colombo will conduct an SDG booth to create awareness and compel people to pledge solidarity for a sustainable future. Stunt boards will be used to #FlipTheScript from negativity to a positivity, demonstrating that positive change is possible!
The Under2 Coalition General Assembly is the annual meeting of our member states and regions. It brings us together to share knowledge and first-hand experience of climate action and to challenge the international community to up its ambition and play its part.
This year we look forward to hearing from our five co-chairs for 2022-2024 as well as governors, premiers and first ministers from across our global membership. We look at what it means to ‘get it done’ as a state or regional government and how our networks can build reach and impact as we work towards a net zero world.
